Global claims rose this year despite a muted dealmaking environment

Pressure to close deals amid a highly competitive mergers and acquisitions (M&A) environment could have led to a higher number of representations and warranties (R&W) insurance claims this year, despite dealmaking slowing over the past year.

That’s the assessment of experts at Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (Liberty GTS), the M&A insurance arm of Liberty Mutual Insurance.

Liberty GTS’ latest annual claims briefing showed a “predicted uptick” in R&W claims based on the heightened M&A activity of 2021 and early 2022.

“We

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